One of the (few) bright spots of the pandemic is the number of virtual programs — talks, exhibits, tours, discussions, and more — available online, removing the requirement of in-person attendance. The Jane Austen/Regency world has a growing number of online events of interest to our community. We’ve set up this Online Event Calendar to help you find some of them. Please check the listings and be sure to convert the event times (which are local to the organizers) to your location. To submit an event for the calendar, email news@jasnanorcal.org Note: JASNA regional events are also listed on the organization’s web site: http://jasna.org/conferences-events/
Why did Austen make music, especially when played upon the pianoforte, a star in so many scenes? Think of Jane Fairfax receiving an expensive instrument from a secret admirer, or Mary Bennet trying to gain some importance by applying herself more assiduously than her prettier sisters. Join discussion leaders Elizabeth Paquette and Patti Woodall to […]
Susan Allen Ford (Delta State University) will talk to us about the books that Jane read and loved, as well as reading practices in the Regency period. A Q&A will follow.
Just in time for the spooky season, share in a book discussion of Pride and Prometheus by John Kessel. RC Jeanne Talbot of the JASNA San Diego region will lead the discussion about this book, which blends aspects of Pride and Prejudice with Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Twelve years after the end of Austen's tale, Mary […]
JASNA members: Check email for an invitation to this casual get-together.
This year, Lamplighters brings our original musical directly to you! What happens when the Lamplighters' Gala Committee takes a little bit of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, a bit more of The Good Place, adds the machinations of Pride and Prejudice, then inserts Gilbert's characters singing new lyrics to Sullivan's music?
Right in time for Halloween, join Kentucky Shakespeare as they bring Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to life in a live Zoom reading of this classic tale. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley wrote and published Frankenstein during the Croghan's occupancy of Locust Grove, making this a perfect melding of worlds to mark the season.
We begin our Gothic retellings with Hannah More’s poem Bishop Bonner’s Ghost whose ghoulish apparition passes judgment beyond the grave. The night continues with The Midnight Bell, described as one of Jane Austen’s ‘horrid novels’ in Northanger Abbey. Each night a mysterious bell rings in the St Francis Abbey, where a terrible murder took place […]
Night two is dedicated to Anne Radcliffe, the most significant Gothic writer of the eighteenth century. Far from being a horror writer, Radcliffe wished to terrify her readers and make them feel alive through her words. Her most famous work, The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794) takes place in the sixteenth century in Southern France and […]
Talk by James F. Nagle, JASNA Puget Sound region. As we approach our 2020 national election, we should consider what elections were like in Jane Austen's time: who could vote, who they could vote for, how campaigns were conducted, how the voting actually happened, what the major parties, issues, and personalities were that Jane would […]
The final night is a dramatic reading of Mary Shelley’s little-known novella Mathilda. Although written between August 1819 and February 1820, the subject matter was so controversial that it was not published until 1959. It tells the story of Mathilda, a young woman desperately in love with a gifted young poet, Woodville, from whom she […]
Kim Wilson (author of In the Garden with Jane Austen) will speak about gardens and growing in the Regency period.
During the nineteenth century, people across the United States collected, exchanged, and displayed locks of hair. Jewelry made from human hair is the most familiar form of hair collecting, in part because many of these pieces have been preserved in archives and historic homes like the Camron-Stanford House. Yet nineteenth-century Americans kept locks of hair […]
Topie: Pride and Prejudice, led by Professor Jina Lee The Great Books Forum offers an opportunity to encounter classic and modern literature in company with interested readers from the college and the community. Along with the works themselves, discussions focus on issues of context and interpretation. The theme for Fall 2020 is The Novels of […]
24 Carrot Productions, a theatre company based in Melbourne, Australia, is planning a whole day of Jane Austen and Regency-era related events and activities, to celebrate lots of different aspects of Jane Austen's work and our appreciation of it. This year, the event will be run entirely online. Check the web site for a description […]
The Glendale (AZ) Public Library is proud to present a virtual lineup of over 25 Jane Austen experts and enthusiasts from around the world, from critically acclaimed authors to a Tony-award-nominated composer. Come laugh and learn with us! (Register for each program separately.)
JASNA members: check email for an invitation to this casual get-together.
Professor Tim Spurgeon from Lawrence University will share his experiences on "Teaching Jane Austen." From Professor Spurgeon: From Professor Spurgin: "What’s it like to read Jane Austen — all of Jane Austen — for the first time? What stands out? Which books and characters emerge as favorites? What seems to be the larger shape and […]
In 1795, Thomas Barrett agreed to teach his young apprentice, John Lenox, the arts and mysteries of inlay. Barrett, thoroughly gifted in his trade, executed inlay and marquetry for all of Baltimores leading cabinetmakers. Steven Lattas presentation will explain these arts and mysteries, will show examples of his contemporary methods, and will illustrate how these […]
Join JASNA SW for an illustrated talk and Q&A with Jane Boltz, JASNA Southwest board member and amateur seamstress, who has created many Regency-era fashions for both women and men.
Barbara Haller will present her recently published book, Pride and Prejudice: The Complete Novel With Nineteen Letters From the Characters' Correspondence Written and Folded by Hand. Barbara is a set decorator for film and television and a writer and director of short films. Please note: the time of the presentation is Central Time. The virtual […]
Northanger Abbey was famously first entitled Susan, but did you know that it was labeled as a romance? Or that it and Persuasion were mistaken for one long work? Popular speaker Devoney Looser will help you discover more about Austen's genius with this illustrated presentation--including "nice" discussion of women, history, romance, and reading. A live […]
Manipulative, callous and cruel – the beautiful widow Lady Susan Vernon is on a manhunt. To restore her broken fortunes, the greatest coquette in England sets out to snare a rich husband. She will stop at nothing to achieve this goal, including forcing her own daughter Frederica into an unwanted marriage. Will Lady Susan’s weakness […]
During this online event, Dr. Dominique will present a new talk entitled “They Came Before Olivia: Black Ladies and Political Blackness in Eighteenth Century British Literature.” Afterwards, we will have an interactive Q&A session with Dr. Dominique, which will conclude with one lucky attendee winning a signed copy of his latest book, The Woman of […]
Following her very successful breakout session at this year's AGM, we are pleased to welcome Dr. Susan Jones of Palm Beach Atlantic University. In her juvenilia, Austen developed a pattern of examining and mocking the home and its inhabitants, holding their erratic actions up to an ironic and comedic scrutiny. This early comedic writing created […]
An interactive discussion with Bruce Richardson, the owner of Kentucky’s Elmwood Inn Fine Teas and the author of 14 books on tea, including A Social History of Tea and Tea & Etiquette. Throughout her novels, Jane Austen was fond of using the term “tea things” as she set the scene in a fine Sussex parlor […]
Jane Austen & Co. will be chatting with Jo Baker, author of Longbourn, about her books, Jane Austen, and domestic service in Regency England. This event will include a public Q&A and a reading from Jo's novel, Longbourn.
Are you a Jane Austen fan? Do you enjoy reading her books, watching film adaptations, and discovering contemporary fiction that is inspired by her life and works? Then join staff of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library on Wednesday, November 18, at 7:30 PM for Jane Austen Bingo Trivia! We will have a lively discussion of […]
In 1945, American playwright Arthur Miller adapted British novelist Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice for the radio. The quirky adaptation aired just before Thanksgiving Day 75 years ago, a few years before Miller became a household name as author of plays like All My Sons and Death of a Salesman. Tune in as Jane Austen […]
Speaker: Liz Philosophos Cooper, the president of the JASNA (Jane Austen Society of North America). Topic: Jane Austen: Working Woman “I must keep to my own style & go on in my own Way.” Jane Austen was a working woman and determined professional writer. This illustrated talk will explore Austen’s involvement in the business of […]
A talk on the variety of ways composers portray the world, plot, and characters in Jane Austen adaptations from classical music, to imitation and inspiration from the Regency era, to folk music, and even electric guitars. We will look at both movies and mini-series, choices of instrumentation as well as different story techniques within music.Ruth […]
November topic: Food historian, journalist and author Julienne Gehrer in conversation with our Director, Lizzie Dunford. Julienne is the author of Dining with Jane Austen and the forthcoming Martha Lloyd’s Household Book: The Original Manuscript from Jane Austen’s Kitchen. Julienne has partnered with chefs on ‘A Jane Austen Literary Dinner’ and a ‘Cheese Tour of […]
The Strand Theater Company proudly continues its 13th consecutive season as the only brick-and-mortar company in Baltimore dedicated exclusively to celebrating womxn’s diverse voices and perspectives, with the holiday production of Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon. Directed by the Strand Associate Artistic Director, Erin Riley. Performance Dates: Friday, December 4th, […]
The 18th century witnessed a burgeoning population, the growth of the middle class, the rise of industrialization and a rapid consumption of new luxury goods. This extravagance also reached kitchens and dining rooms. Georgian tables groaned with succulent roasts, savory puddings, and luscious desserts. With a special focus on the writings of Jane Austen and […]
It's Jane's Birthday's month, We will celebrate with a toast and a special guest Curtis Sittenfeld, author of Eligible, which, as described in the New York Times review, “..moves the story to that roiling hotbed of societal intrigue, the Cincinnati suburbs. As in the police lineup scene in “The Usual Suspects,” in which the characters […]
Topic: "Just in a happy state of flounce": Jane Austen's Economies of Alteration A talk by Susan Allen Ford, editor of Persuasions and Persuasions On-Line. Pre-registration is required; check web site for link.
Join JASNA Central California, Greater Sacramento Region, Northern California Region, San Diego Region, and Southwest Region, for an afternoon salon of ideas, games, and fun, in honor of Jane Austen's birthday.